Vending-machine.



R. W. PERRIN.-

I VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED-Nov. 9, i916.

1,269,502. Patented 11116 11, 1918.

W W W UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

ROGER W. TERRIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THEATRE VENDING MACHINEi CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,' CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

VENDING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une11, 1918.

Application filed November 9, 1916. Serial No. 130,307.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROGER W. PERRIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, county and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful I m provements in Vending-Machines, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in vendingmachines of the type shown and described in my copendin applicationsSer. Nos. 59,168 and 68,676.

' n the latter application a cradle was employed which cradle had upperand lower article engaging pallets. The article was retained upon thelower pallets of the cradle and the falling coin was adapted to trip adetent and permit the cradle to rock to, deliver the article. In thepresent construction the articles in the magazine are retained thereinby the upper cradle allets. Upon Ithe insertion of a coin in t e coinslot a member is moved by the coin which rocks the cradle and permitsone article to descend to the lower pallets. The cradle is thentemporarily retained by the detent until the detent is tripped by thedescending coin.

The cradle then rocks as before to deliver the article and concurrentlytherewith the next descending article is retained by the upper palletsswinging into retaining position beneath the article. This constructionhas proved more satisfactory in practice.

Other detail improvements are made in the coin slot closer and certainother features as V will be pointed out in detail hereafter.

Figure 1 shows a front view of a vending machine containing myimprovements. The front of the case is shown broken away and certainportions of the inner shell are broken away to show the cradleconstruction.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 22 of Fig. 1 and looking in thedirection of the arrows.

Fig. 3 shows the position of the cradle at the end of the first step inthe operation.

Fig. 4. shows the corresponding position of the detent.

Figs. 5 and 6 show the position of the cradle at the next position withthe corresponding detent position. These are the positions the cradleand detent occupy just before the article is delivered.

Article delivery devices. I

To retain the articles in the article magazme and to dehver them one ata time to shown in Fig. 2 in which an article 20 rests upon the upperpallets 36. In order that the articles are properly directed onto thepallets I provlde camming projections 100 on the inner wall of the caseas shown in Fig. 2. The projections direct each cylindrical article tothe front of the magazine and facilitate-the proper action of thecradle, as will now be explained. V

The camming projections 100 direct the cylmdrioal articles 20 toward thefront wall of the magazine, in order that the weight of the articles mayact to the left of the pallets 36, see Fig. 2, and thereby prevent therocking of the cradle in a clockwise direction. As the counter-clockwisecradle movement is limited, the pallets retain the articles 20' in themagazine in the position shown. Were the camming projection omitted, thearticles might tend to react upon the opposite side of the pallets 36,and rock the cradle clockwise. This action is not desired, hence thecamming projections 100.

Upon the insertion of the proper coin in the coin entrance 28, the loweredge of the coin impacts against a turned over end of a vertical bar102, and as the coin is pressed inward, the bar is forced downward. The

bar is suitably guided upon the inner shell detent 40 normally stands inthe position shown in Fig. 1, with a second post 45, which is integralwith the cradle in engagement with the notch 14. However, as soon as thecoin is inserted and the cradle is rocked, the post 45 descends to theposition shown in Fig. 3, the detent rocking counter-clockwiseto theposition shown. Immediately the coin passes by the vertical bar and whenthe article has impacted upon the lower pallets of the cradle the post45 will move upward to the position shown in Fig. 5 and engage with thenotch -13 in the detent 4.0.

' With the parts in this position the cradle will be held in theposition shown in Fig. 6, and the lower pallets 37 will retain anarticle 20 thereon until the descending coin impacts against the nose ofthe detent 40 and swings it clockwise about its pivot.

When the detent 4L0 swings clockwise to the position shown in Fig. 1,the post 45 which projects from the cradle will be free to rise into thenotch 441. The weight of the article 20 on the lower pallets 37 willrock the cradle counter-clockwise, thereby raising the post into notch44:, swinging back the lower pallets 37 and swinging the upper pallets36 in the opposite direction to retain the next descending article inthe manner shown in Fig. 2. The article 20 which had previously beenretained upon the lower cradle pallets is then free to fall to thedelivery receptacle at the bottom of the machine.

Briefly stated it may be said that the cradle is positively coinoperated to swing it from its initial article retaining position to asecondary article retaining position. The cradle is held in this secondposition by a gravity detent which is tripped by the descending coin topermit the weight of the article on the cradle to act to rock thecradle, deliver the article and retain the next deicending article uponthe upper cradle palets.

Another feature of the present construction resides in the provision ofa coin operated auxiliary detent, which detent cooperates with thecradle controlling detent to prevent the tripping of this latter detentby tapping or hammering the casing of the machine. In practice it hasbeen found that if a coin be inserted in the coin entrance and thenwithdrawn it sometimes is possible to trip the detent 40 from theposition shown in F ig. 5 to that shown in Fig. 1 by hammering orpounding the boX. To prevent such tampering I provide an auxiliarydetent 115. This detent normally assumes the position shown in Fig. 1.When the coin is inserted in the coin entrance 28 the weight of theauxiliary detent causes it to drop into a notch in the upper part ofdetent 40. When in this position detent 40 is impossible to release thepost i5 from notch 43 until the coin impacts against the auxiliarydetent as shown in Fig. 5. Detent 40 is then free to be rocked by thecoin as heretofore described.

It will also be understood that the auxiliary detent 115 can also beused with the detent shown in my copending application and I desire tohere claim broadly the combination of two interacting detents which aretripped by a deposited coin without being limited to the specific modeof operation of the detent herein described.

The construction of the case, slug diverter, and kindred parts need notbe described in detail here as they have been fully described in thecopending applications heretofore referred to. It may be said, however,that any slugs which are diverted from the coin chute by the magnet areprevented from impacting upon the detent 40 by a sloping defleetingplate 33.

The coin slot closer which closes the coin entrance when the machine isempty com thereby preventing the insertion of coins. 'in the machine.

It will be understood that this invention is not limited to the precisedetails of construction shown and described but that my invention issusceptible of various modifications which will occur to those skilledin the art. What I claim as my invention is more particularly pointedout in the ap-- pended claims.

I claim 1. In a vending machine, in combina tion, an article magazine, arocking cradle which in its normal position lies in the path of thearticles tending to issue from the magazine, said cradle being adaptedto be rocked from such position by the insertion of a coin and to dropone of the articles from the magazine, into the cradle, means forlocking the cradle in its article holding position to which it has beenthus rocked,

extending into the path of the falling coin.

so as to be tripped thereby to unlock the cradle, the said cradle whenthus freed being adapted to be rocked by the weight of the articlecontained therein back into itsarticle above it in the magazine andrestrain is locked against clockwise movement and it the latter fromissuing therefrom.

2. In a vending machine, in combination, an article magazine, an articleretaining cradle therein, means controlled by an inserted coin forrocking the cradle so that it receives from the magazine one of thearticles therein, the said cradle being unbalanced when in such positiondue to the weight of the article which it contains, means fortemporarily retaining the cradle in such article holding position,adapted to be tripped by the falling coin to release the cradle,permitting the article thereon to rock said cradle and deliver thearticle to the purchaser.

3. In a vending machine, in combination, an article magazine, a pivotedcradle adapted to receive articles from the magazine when rocked by aninserted coin, and when containing such articles to be overbalanced bythe weight of the same, means independent of the cradle rocking meanscomprising a pivoted detent for automatically engaging and locking therocked cradle in its article holding position, said detent being adaptedto be engaged by the falling coin and to thereby unlock the cradlewhereby the weight of the contained article will again rock the cradleto release the article thereon to the purchaser.

4. In a vending machine, in combination,

with an article magazine, an article retaining cradle having upper andlower pallet portions, said upper pallets being adapted to normallyretain the articles in the magazine, coin operated means for rock-ingthe cradle to receive an article on the lower cradle pallets, means forrestraining the rocking of the cradle under the influence of the weightof the article, said means adapted to be tripped by the impact of a cointo permit the weight of the article to act and rock the cradle, deliverthe article and swing the upper pallets to position to arrest the nextdescending article in the article magazine.

5. In a vending machine, in combination,

an article magazine, a cradle adapted to be rocked by means of aninserted coin into a position where it receives an article from themagazine, a detent for looking it in such article holding position, asecond detent for engaging with and locking the first named detentagainst movement, the second detent being adapted to be operated by afalling coin to release the other and thereby unlock the cradle.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

ROGER W. PERRIN.

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